{"id":7213,"date":"2018-12-12T14:03:14","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T14:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/blog\/global-tastes-in-backyard-food-forest-ratna-and-venkappa-gani-central-texas-gardener\/"},"modified":"2018-12-12T14:03:14","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T14:03:14","slug":"global-tastes-in-backyard-food-forest-ratna-and-venkappa-gani-central-texas-gardener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/social\/global-tastes-in-backyard-food-forest-ratna-and-venkappa-gani-central-texas-gardener\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Tastes in Backyard Food Forest |Ratna and Venkappa Gani |Central Texas Gardener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FgH6gevuQQo\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Influenced by their childhoods in Southwestern India, Ratna and Venkappa Gani opted for a backyard food forest instead of lawn when they bought a house in a new Austin subdivision. Combining edibles, including favorites from India, with flowers for pollinators, they harvest year round. An engineer, Venkappa designed rainwater collection before designing pathways from leftover construction limestone and bricks.<\/p>\n<h3>More info on Global Tastes in Backyard Food Forest |Ratna and Venkappa Gani |Central Texas Gardener<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ss-local-rss\"><div class=\"rss_header\"><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/cn.bing.com\/news\/search\/?q=Global+Tastes+in+Backyard+Food+Forest+%7CRatna+and+Venkappa+Gani+%7CCentral+Texas+Gardener&amp;qft=sortbydate%3D%221%22&amp;format=rss\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"rss_title\">Global Tastes in Backyard Food Forest |Ratna and Venkappa Gani |Central Texas Gardener - BingNews<\/a><br \/><span class=\"rss_description\"> Search results<\/span><\/h2><\/div><ul>\n            <li>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&amp;aid=&amp;tid=662ddd55a5ed45acbcb31927eb061d67&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lubbockonline.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2Fhistory%2F2024%2F04%2F13%2Fken-bridges-deaf-smith-served-texas-with-courage-and-distinction%2F73285233007%2F&amp;c=407141961772580189&amp;mkt=en-us\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBridges: Deaf Smith served Texas with 'courage and distinction' during Revolution\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Erastus \"Deaf\" Smith was perhaps one of the most unique figures to emerge from the early years of Texas History. 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